The court’s ruling reverses an effort by the Trump administration to overhaul regulation of biotechnology products with the goal of streamlining the review process to accelerate innovation in agriculture.
The changes meant that genetically modified crops would be subject to regulation if they’re deemed to be “noxious weeds,” which is determined based on traits from the plants’ non-genetically modified counterparts. Genetically engineered plants could also bypass regulatory review if the edited traits could have been achieved through conventional breeding.
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